Tomyall Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 Found this in draw in backyard. Think it's petrified wood. Any help would be appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranzBernhard Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 Looks more like slate/schist/phyllite with quartz veining. Franz Bernhard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 Welcome to TFF! My first impression is it does look like petrified wood, but there are rocks that can look like that. Can You post pictures of the ends and a close up of the grain? Please include a scale. Also a more precise location would help. nearby town, county. 2 Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tomyall Posted February 5, 2018 Author Share Posted February 5, 2018 Found in Bullitt county Kentucky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Kane Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 Interesting piece. Is this near the Muldraughs Hill or more central in the county? ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tomyall Posted February 5, 2018 Author Share Posted February 5, 2018 5 minutes ago, Kane said: Interesting piece. Is this near the Muldraughs Hill or more central in the county? Lebanon junction area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomyall Posted February 5, 2018 Author Share Posted February 5, 2018 38 minutes ago, ynot said: Welcome to TFF! My first impression is it does look like petrified wood, but there are rocks that can look like that. Can You post pictures of the ends and a close up of the grain? Please include a scale. Also a more precise location would help. nearby town, county. Lebanon junction ky area. Thanks for the help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 Thanks for the additional pictures. I will have to agree with Franz on this. Most likely a shale type rock, not petrified wood. I do not see the proper structures or "grain" for a wood. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Packy Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 It looks a lot like the devonion wood found in the New Albany shale, was it dug from the shale layer, as there is some in that area. Packy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomyall Posted February 5, 2018 Author Share Posted February 5, 2018 34 minutes ago, Packy said: It looks a lot like the devonion wood found in the New Albany shale, was it dug from the shale layer, as there is some in that area. Packy I just found it laying on top the ground down in the bottom of a draw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 I see nicely agatized veins in the picture 5. " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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